Proverbs 28:23
23 uHe who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — The New International Version (NIV)
23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)
23 Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
far more than flattery.
Proverbs 28:23 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 Those who correct others will later be liked
more than those who give false praise.
Proverbs 28:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterwards find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
23 Whoever criticizes people will be more highly regarded in the future
than the one who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 Whoever rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
than he who flatters with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 It is better to warn a man than to pretend to praise him.
In the end he will be more pleased with you.
Proverbs 28:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.